Hailsham / Aylesham / Hamelsham
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07274HAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Perpendicular
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel on the S side [earlier beneath the tower -- cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: High Street, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 1AN
Site Location: East Sussex, South East, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located at the junction of the A271-A22, 15 km N of Eastbourne
Ecclesiastic Region: Docese of Chichester
Historical Region: Hundred of Dill -- Rape of Pevensey -- Sussex
Font Notes:
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Salzmann (1901) notes: "In the centre of the belfry is the font, consisting of a plain octagonal basin supported by a pedestal with simple perpendicular pannelling." Listed in Cox & Harvey (1907) and in Harrison (1920) as a baptismal font of the Perpendicular period. The font consists of a plain octagonal basin raised on a pedestal bases decorated with arches or windows.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 307136 5638083
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.862224, 0.259358
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 51′ 44″ N, 0° 15′ 33.69″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Cox, John Charles, English Church Furniture, New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1907, p. 223
- Harrison, Frederick, Notes on Sussex churches, Hove: Combridges, 1920, p. 119
- Salzmann, L. F. (Louis Francis) (1878-1971), The History of the parish of Hailsham: the abbey of Otham and the priory of Michlham, Lewes: Farncombe & Company, 1901, p. 114